document.write( "Question 1142534: Mary and Eve have the same number of roses. After Eve gave her mother 4/5 of her roses and Mary gave her friends 3/4 of her roses, then the number of roses Mary had left was 3 more than the number of roses Eve had left.
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document.write( "    Eve, # of roses left      Mary, # of roses left\r\n" );
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document.write( "                       =                - 3\r\n" );
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